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In December 2009, Watts was detained at the Canada–United States border by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to perform a reportedly random search of the rental vehicle he was driving. Watts is alleged to have assaulted a CBP Officer and was turned over to local authorities to face charges.
Dec 11, 2009 · Peter Watts, the critically-acclaimed Canadian author of Blindsight and other dystopian novels, entered a dystopia of his own on Tuesday after border guards beat and pepper sprayed him at the...
Mar 19, 2010 · Toronto author Peter Watts has been found guilty of assaulting, resisting and obstructing a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer. Jurors returned the verdict today in St. Clair County...
Dec 13, 2009 · Toronto sci-fi author Peter Watts denies he choked a U.S. border guard. By Kristin Rushowy Staff Reporter. For author Peter Watts, life can be stranger than science fiction. Watts – who has...
Mar 19, 2010 · Canadian science fiction writer Peter Watts, who was arrested in Michigan after a dispute with U.S. border police, was found guilty Friday on a charge of "assaulting/resisting/obstructing" a ...
Watts exited his vehicle "angrily" and border officers began checking the black sport utility vehicle he was driving, Jones said. Border officers ordered Watts back into the vehicle, and when he refused, officers attempted to handcuff him, Jones said.
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Mar 19, 2010 · A Toronto science fiction author involved in a December dust-up at a Michigan border crossing has been found guilty of resisting and obstructing a police officer. Peter Watts, 52, could face...
